in-, not, non, -transig, 譲歩する、妥協する、語源はtransact, transigentと同じ。
英語の語源
intransigent
intransigent: [19] In the 18th century there was an extreme leftist political party in Spain which, because of its unwillingness ever to compromise, was known as los intransigentes. The name was formed with the negative prefix in- from transigentes, the present participle of Spanish transigir ‘compromise’. This was a descendant of Latin transigere, literally ‘drive through’, hence ‘come to an understanding, accomplish’ (source of English transact), a compound verb formed from trans- ‘through’ and agere ‘drive’ (from which English gets action, agent, etc.) French took the Spanish word over as a general adjective meaning ‘uncompromising’, and English acquired it in the early 1880s. => act, action, agent, transact
intransigent (adj.)
1881, from French intransigeant, from Spanish los intransigentes, literally "those not coming to agreement," name for extreme republican party in the Spanish Cortes 1873-4, from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + transigente "compromising," from Latin transigentem (nominative transigens), present participle of transigere "come to an agreement, accomplish, to carry through" (see transaction). Acquired its generalized sense in French.
例文
1. They put pressure on the Government to change its intransigent stance.
彼らは妥協しない立場を変えるよう政府に圧力をかけている。
2.He can be intransigent and pig-headed at times.
彼は時には頑固で一歩も譲らない。
3.The worry is that the radicals will grow more intransigent .
現在、過激派がより妥協しなくなることが懸念されている。
4.He can be intransigent and pigheaded at times.
彼は頑固で一歩も譲らないことがある。
5.As fin intransigent non-objective painter，he is antipathetic to figuration，especially Expressionist and decorative.